14th Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama[a] (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo
Thondup,[b] 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are
important monks of the
GelugGelug school, the newest school of Tibetan
Buddhism[1] which was formally headed by the Ganden Tripas
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FaienceFaienceFaience or faïence (/faɪˈɑːns/ or /feɪ-/;
French: [fajɑ̃s]) is the conventional name in English for fine
tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body. It is
originally associated by French speakers with wares exported from
FaenzaFaenza in northern Italy.[1] The invention of a white pottery glaze
suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to
the slip of a lead glaze, was a major advance in the history of
pottery. The invention seems to have been made in Iran or the Middle
East before the ninth century. A kiln capable of producing
temperatures exceeding 1,000 °C (1,830 °F) was required to
achieve this result, the result of millennia of refined pottery-making
traditions
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Judicial MurderJudicial murder is the unjustified use of capital punishment.
The term was first used in 1782 (German Justizmord) by August Ludwig
von Schlözer in reference to the execution of Anna Göldi
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Pedestrian Zone
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones,
and as pedestrian precincts in British English[1]) are areas of a city
or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in which most or all
automobile traffic may be prohibited. Converting a street or an area
to pedestrian-only use is called pedestrianisation. Pedestrianisation
usually aims to provide better accessibility and mobility for
pedestrians, to enhance the volume of shopping and other business
activity in the area and/or to improve the attractiveness of the local
environment in terms of aesthetics, air pollution, noise and accidents
involving pedestrians.[2] However, pedestrianisation can sometimes
lead to reductions in business activity, property devaluation, and
displacement of economic activity to other areas
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Limmat
The
LimmatLimmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the
outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich.
From
ZurichZurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km
reaching the river Aare. The confluence is located north of the small
town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss.
The main towns along the
Limmat ValleyLimmat Valley downstream of
ZurichZurich are
Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Linth,
via Lake Zurich, the Sihl, in Zurich, and the Reppisch, in Dietikon.
The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as Lindimacus
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Sihl
The
SihlSihl is a Swiss river that rises near the
Druesberg mountainDruesberg mountain in
the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the
LimmatLimmat in the
centre of the city of Zürich. It has a length of 73 km
(45 mi), including the
SihlseeSihlsee reservoir, through which the river
flows. Water is abstracted from the river at the Sihlsee, leading to
decreased downstream water flows and a consequent negative impact on
water quality.[1][2]
The river flows through, or along the border of, the cantons of
Schwyz,
ZürichZürich and Zug. The main settlements of the
Sihl ValleySihl Valley are
all in the canton of Zürich, and include the towns of Langnau am
AlbisAlbis and Adliswil, along with a south-western segment of the city of
Zürich
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Bailiff
A bailiff (from
Middle EnglishMiddle English baillif,
Old FrenchOld French baillis, bail
"custody, charge, office"; cf. bail, based on the adjectival form,
baiulivus, of Latin bajulus, carrier, manager) is a manager, overseer
or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or
jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices
and duties vary greatly.[1]
Another official sometimes referred to as a bailiff was the vogt: see
VogtVogt and
VogtVogt (Switzerland)
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Einsiedeln AbbeyEinsiedelnEinsiedeln abbeyThe abbey as seen from the leftThe abbey as seen from the eastLady FountainDetails of the statue
EinsiedelnEinsiedeln Abbey (German: Kloster Einsiedeln) is a Benedictine
monastery in the village of
EinsiedelnEinsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz,
Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the
title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, for the
first inhabitant of the region was Saint Meinrad, a hermit. It is a
territorial abbey and, therefore, not part of a diocese, subject to a
bishop. It has been a major resting point on the
Way of St
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